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Zhao Changqiang's judgment was not wrong at all, the "Queen" had indeed run aground!

Because the waves were too big just now, the chief mate at the helm has been following Zhao Changqiang's instructions, always facing the bow of the ship in the direction of the wind and waves, in order to allow the ship to obtain the greatest stability, but in this way, the course can no longer be taken care of, and even more Regardless of what hit the rocks or not.

In fact, even if the first officer at the helm wanted to avoid the reef, it was impossible.He is not familiar with this sea area at all, and he doesn't even know where there are reefs, and how to avoid them.

As a result, the "Queen" finally hit the reef, and the huge impact tore a big hole in the original cabin containing the anti-aircraft guns. Suddenly tilted more than 20 degrees.

Fortunately, when the "Queen" hit the rocks, the hurricane had stopped and the waves were much smaller.If the freighter hits the rocks when the waves are raging, the huge force may cause the entire cabin of the "Queen" to be scrapped, and eventually the "Queen" will cease to exist.

After Zhao Changqiang learned what had happened, he took Doctor Zonghe to close the watertight valve of the water-filled cabin immediately, and completely isolated the water-filled cabin from other cabins, preventing other cabins from entering the water-filled cabin as well. water.

In the ocean, after the hull tilts, there are usually three ways to correct the tilted hull:

One is to transplant the goods on board.Transfer cargo from one side of the lower waterline to the other, thereby rebalancing the boat.Because the hull tilted too much at this time, and the things on the "Queen" were all big guys, it was inconvenient to move, so it was impossible to restore the balance of the hull by transplanting cargo at this time.

The second method is to drain the fuel and fresh water on one side to restore balance.This method is the best way if you are sailing on an inland river, because the ship can quickly dock and replenish what has been lost.But for the "Queen" at this time, this method obviously does not work.

They are now in the vast and boundless Pacific Ocean. Without fuel, the ship will lose power, and there is nowhere to replenish it.They cannot survive without fresh water.Don't even think about international rescue or anything, country m couldn't find him if he wanted to!

The third method is to inject water into the symmetrical ballast tank on the opposite side of the heel.This method is also very dangerous for the current "Queen".Because this method is used at the cost of losing the storage buoyancy of the freighter.If you want to use this method, you must go through precise calculations to prevent the cargo ship from being insufficiently buoyant and finally sinking after the ballast tank is filled with water.

Although this method is dangerous, it is already the only feasible method.

Zhao Changqiang handed over the task of physical calculation to the first officer, who was busily busy in front of the computer.

Looking at the busy first officer, the key members of the Chief Poison Dragon Society felt nervous unconsciously. They seemed to be able to hear the beating sound of their own hearts. Compared with the previous face-to-face The invincible enemy is even stronger in the face of the waves!

They felt that the first mate's hands were not hitting the keyboard at all, but hitting their hearts every time, and the sound of da da had coincided with their heartbeat!

This group of people came through life and death, everyone has a big heart, and it is not the first time they face death, but at this moment their sense of fear is stronger than ever before!

It was as if the chief mate at this time suddenly became the magistrate in the court, and they suddenly became prisoners waiting to be sentenced!Even they themselves don't know why they feel this way at this moment.After a long time, they remembered a sentence, waiting and the unknown are the root of fear.

Just when everyone felt that their hearts were gradually expanding and beating faster and faster, the first officer finally stood up from his seat, and said to Zhao Changqiang with a serious face: "Captain, in theory, we can use the ballast tank The method of filling water is to correct the hull, but after the correction, the waterline of the ship will be very low, and the calculated value is less than one meter. If there is a larger wind and wave, the consequences will be disastrous."

Zhao Changqiang didn't say a word of nonsense, and he didn't think about what it means that the distance from the waterline to the freeboard is less than one meter. He just waved his hand and said, "Immediately fill the left ballast tank with water! Until the hull is balanced!"

Zhao Changqian actually has no other choice, even if the success rate of this plan is only [-]%, he must try it!

With the continuous injection of seawater into the ballast tank, the tilted hull was finally straightened gradually.The situation is better than the theoretical value of the first officer. Although the waterline of the freighter has dropped a lot, the distance between the freeboard and the water surface is about 1.2 meters.Although there were still waves beating on the deck, the freighter finally regained its balance.

After the freighter is balanced, draining water and repairing the damaged compartment has become an urgent task for everyone. The vast Pacific Ocean is not an inland river, and we cannot expect to wait for the ship to dock before making safe repairs.Who knows when there will be another strong wind in the Pacific Ocean?As far as the current situation of the "Queen" is concerned, let alone a hurricane of the level just now, an ordinary typhoon at sea can knock it down to the bottom of the sea.Taking a step back, even if they will not encounter any storms in the days to come, the state of the "Queen" cannot last to the Kingdom of Pique.

The rebalancing of the hull bought time for repairing the damaged cabin.Zhao Changqiang slowed down the "Queen" again, and slowly bypassed the "Gate of Hell". At the same time, he changed into a diving suit and planned to go into the water to repair the cabin.

Since the broken water tank has been filled with seawater, once it is opened, the huge water pressure will cause seawater to flow into other cabins immediately, so the damaged part must be temporarily blocked from the outside.

Zhao Changqiang did not entrust this job to others, but decided to do it himself.If it is in a general sea area, the risk of this job is not high, and it is not too difficult. There is a spare latest leak plugging bag on board, and the operation is very simple and fast.But now the freighter is in the most dangerous waters of the entire Pacific Ocean, who knows what will happen to people after entering the sea, so Zhao Changqiang decided to complete the task of plugging the leak himself.

Zhao Changqiang changed into a diving suit, carried the oxygen cylinder on his back, and then jumped into the sea under the eyes of everyone. There was a splash of water on the surface of the water, and Zhao Changqiang disappeared.

The general manager, Zhao Yushan, doctors, workers, farmers, Hong Yalun and even the Huayou delegation, almost all the people who were not on duty stood on the deck, waiting for news from Brother Gun.

Everyone didn't speak, just silently watching the rippling water.

The night was already very deep, and the sky was still covered with dark clouds, it was pitch black, there was no moon, and there was no starlight. Only the searchlights on the freighter were shining brightly, trying to dispel the darkness.However, in the end, instead of dispelling the darkness, the rays of the searchlights were gradually engulfed by the boundless darkness, only reflecting solitary bright spots on the sea surface.

No one spoke on the deck, and even the sea breeze stopped strangely. The sea level, which was originally turbulent, was as calm as a black mirror. In addition to darkness, the mirror was still dark.It seems that what everyone sees is not the vast and boundless Pacific Ocean at all, but a dead deep pool.

Everyone felt an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness, as if what their boss Zhao Changqiang jumped into was not the Pacific Ocean in front of them, but the real gate of hell!

Zhao Yushan felt a little stuffy in his heart. He wanted to smoke a cigarette to adjust his emotions. He rubbed his right hand in his coat pocket for a long time before he took out a cigarette case that had been soaked by sea water. It has been glued into one, and it is impossible to take it.

"Fuck! Damn it." Zhao Yushan angrily threw the cigarette case into the sea water in front of him.

Zhao Yushan broke everyone's silence with an abrupt sound. Everyone turned their heads to look at him in unison, and then turned their gazes to the cigarette case that was thrown on the sea. It drifted, turned around, and then gradually sank into the sometimes bright and sometimes dark sea water, and finally disappeared.

Zhao Yushan, who is as nervous as he is, also felt the strange atmosphere. He grabbed his wet hair vigorously with his hand, and his body shivered unnaturally!

In this season, the nights in the northern Pacific Ocean are still very cold.

As everyone waited silently, time passed by every minute.Half an hour later, Zhao Changqiang still did not come out of the water.

The leak-stopping bag equipped on the "Queen" is the latest leak-stopping bag. Inside the canvas bag are two glass bottles containing two different chemical substances.Break the two glass bottles in the bag when plugging, and the two chemical substances inside will produce a chemical reaction, which will quickly solidify and seal the breach.The operation is simple and fast, the plugging is firm, not limited by the shape of the breach, the plugging effect is also very good, and the hatch can be 100% blocked.If it is not an ocean-going voyage, it is completely possible to insist on normal maintenance after the port is moored normally.

It stands to reason that it shouldn't take long for Zhao Changqiang to use this kind of plugging bag to plug the leak, and he should be able to return to the ship soon.But why haven't you come back yet?

Everyone felt the unease in their hearts getting stronger and stronger.But everyone is reluctant to speak out their inner worries, for fear that what they say will become a prophecy and bring bad luck to Brother Gun.

In the end, it was Zhao Yushan who broke the silence. He turned to the general manager beside him and said, "Why hasn't Brother Gun come back yet? Nothing will happen, right?"

Boss stroked his bald head vigorously, frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, Brother Gun has received special training in diving and has rich sailing experience. What can happen to him? Maybe the breach is too difficult to seal. Block it?"

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked towards the cabin.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Yushan asked, looking at the general's back.

"Look for a diving suit, go down and have a look." Boss Ba said without turning his head.Although Brother Gun had already told them not to go into the water, Mr. Bao could no longer care about Brother Gun's order at this time.

"I'll go too!" Zhao Yushan also ran to the cabin.

At this moment, the doctor on the side suddenly said loudly: "Look! The sea water seems to be not right!"

Everyone also noticed the change in the sea water, and saw that the originally calm and somewhat strange sea water suddenly surged like a fountain, and the surge became larger and larger, and finally it turned into a rapid tumbling like a boiling pot.Under the light, everyone seemed to see white gas coming out of the tumbling sea water, as if the sea water had really been boiled!